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Archive photo · 25 June 1996IRGC Aerospace Force Says It Destroyed US Radar in Bahrain After Sirik Telecom Attack
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IRGC says it destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain in retaliation for Sirik attack. Claim linked to enemy air attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik.
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IRGC Radar Claim
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its Aerospace Force targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain in retaliation for what it described as an air attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, southern Iran. The IRGC framed the strike as a “serious warning” to the “aggressor enemy” to stop what it described as aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC statement carried by Tasnim said “Should these violations and acts of aggression recur, the IRGC Aerospace Force stands in full readiness to engage without limits,” and the claim came hours after IRNA reported Sirik in Hormozgan province was hit by “enemy fire” on Thursday. The Straits Times said there was no immediate confirmation of a strike on Bahrain by Manama or the United States, and it quoted the Guards saying the fighters targeted and destroyed the radar on the island of Bahrain in response to the Sirik telecommunications tower attack.
No US Response Yet
The IRGC’s claim came on Friday, November 13, 2026, and the Guards said, “An hour ago, in response to the enemy’s air attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik, the IRGC’s aerospace fighters targeted and destroyed the early-warning radar”. The Hindu also said there was no immediate comment from the US or Bahrain, and it described the broader conflict as beginning with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.
The Jerusalem Post said the IRGC’s claim was the first such attack on American military assets in a Gulf country since early September, and it added that there was no immediate comment from the US or Bahrain. Al Jazeera said Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet at the Naval Support Activity base in Manama, and it noted that the Fifth Fleet headquarters was hit in the opening hours of the war on February 28.
Hormuz Stakes and Threats
The IRGC statement carried by Tasnim warned that if violations and aggressions were repeated, the Aerospace Force would be on full alert for “limitless confrontation,” and it cautioned commercial companies against cooperating with hostile forces in the region. The IRGC warned that its Aerospace Force would engage “without limits,” while US Central Command said it was still strictly enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports.
US Central Command reported in October that it had helped Gulf countries export 1.5 billion barrels of oil since the summer via Hormuz, and it described the route as a key energy trading lane. Washington announced an “economic asphyxiation” campaign in August aimed at curbing Iran’s trade and financial flows, and it said Washington appeared to dial back threats of renewed strikes after the defeat of US President Donald Trump’s Republican party in recent midterm elections.